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Publication Information
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 26 x 21 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Highlander Research and Education Center records, 1917-2017 |
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| Call Number | PH 4260.1023 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Packinghouse Workers
A group of packinghouse workers from an unidentified location processing pigs.
Packinghouse Worker Cutting Pig
A packinghouse worker at an unidentified slaughterhouse butchering a pig. A button on his hat reads, "No raise, no work".
Packinghouse Workers at Cutting Table
A group of African American packinghouse workers at an unidentified location cutting slabs of pork.
Contact Sheet-Slaughtering Pigs
1947
A contact sheet showing workers slaughtering and butchering pigs at Tobin Packing Co. The image at bottom right is of a man in a white coat sitting behind a desk.
Packinghouse Picket Line
Striking packinghouse workers on a picket line at an unidentified locality. Sign on side of building reads, "W & W Pickle Co."